3. What is included in
the Mise en scene?

4.  Denotation – What you can see (The literal
meaning)
 Connotation – What it suggests (The implied
meaning)
 E.g. A red rose
 Denotation = A flower that is red in colour
 Connotation = Love, romance, valentines day

5. Mise en Scene analysis:
We will be watching 4 clips from different TV
drama sub genres. Use the tables on the
following slides of this PowerPoint to fill in your
notes about the mise en scene in each.

6. Meaning produced by these elements. What do these
suggest about the characters/places. Be specific with your
examples
Setting Heli-carrier
Decor Consoles, cages, laser skew driver, guns
Costume and Make up Black clothes, army clothes, suits, dresses, old man make-up,
explosion make-up
Figure Expression and Hope, insanity, depression
Movement
Lighting Outside lighting,

7. Meaning produced by these elements. What do these
suggest about the characters/places. Be specific with your
examples
Setting Forest/Park, living room, hallway
Decor Coats and pegs, couches, curtains, fireplace, glass cabinet
Costume and Make up Police uniforms, detective clothes, citizen clothes, cuts, mud
stains
Figure Expression and Scared, sympathetic, condescending, impatience, chasing,
Movement interrogation
Lighting Street lamps, torches, lamp shades

8. Meaning produced by these elements. What do these
suggest about the characters/places. Be specific with your
examples
Setting Dining area
Decor Wine glasses, champagne bottles, plates, cutlery, tables,
chairs, picture frames
Costume and Make up East London clothes, glasses
Figure Expression and Sitting down, eating, story telling, interest, guilt
Movement
Lighting Ceiling lights

9. Meaning produced by these elements. What do these
suggest about the characters/places. Be specific with your
examples
Setting Streets, great hall, Palace
Decor Horse and carriages, swords, daggers
Costume and Make up Tudor time clothes, blood
Figure Expression and Suspicion, anger, pain
Movement
Lighting Natural lighting

11.  What is a stereotype?
 Can you think of any examples?
 If you had to design the costume of a youth
offender, what would they be wearing?

12.  This is where the representation is
purposefully going against the stereotype
 How would you dress a gay male as a
countertype?

13.  In your exam you will have to discuss the
representation of one of the following things.
Keep this in mind as we go through this task.
 Gender
 Age
 Ethnicity
 Regional Identity
 Sexuality
 Disability/Physical Ability
 Class and Status

14.  You will be shown a series of stills from TV
dramas. Answer the questions that are shown
before the image.
 Do this in quick note form. You will be feeding
back your answers to the class.

15.  We are going to look at stills from various TV
dramas and you have to decide what period
of time it represents.

16. Life on Mars
The 70s
(due to cars and costumes)

17. Sherlock
Modern day
(due to costume and cranes in
background)

18. Dr Who
Victorian
(due to architecture of houses.
Clothes are misleading)

19. Skins
Modern day
(due to costume)

20.  This time when you are shown stills answer
the above question

21. The OC
Wealthy, sophisticated, etc.

22. Holby City
Works in a hospital, surgeon
(green scrubs)

23. Shameless
Lower/Middle class (tracksuit
bottoms etc.)

24.  This time when you are shown stills answer
the above question

25. Spooks
Serious, agents (leather gloves)

26. Downton Abbey
House servants

27. Merlin
Medieval, knights, lords and
low class.

29.  How does the lighting in the scene affect
different moods?
 Does lighting change? Is it high or low key
lighting?
 Watch the Spooks Clip on the VLE and discuss
as a class.

31.  Watch Wire in the blood
 How does the mise-en-scène affect and
reflect the relations between characters?
 Consider also the actors performances
 Discussion: what thoughts, feelings and
emotions are evoked by the actors’
performances?